The experience that set me on the path of nursing, was being a caretaker for my grandmother who passed away from lung cancer. On January 7, 2008, my grandmother was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. Doctors gave her six months to live. I was living in Georgia at the time; however, I was determined to revise my schedule to allow me to drive back and forth to care for her. I would drive each Thursday to Louisiana, and return in just enough time to make it back to work on Monday morning. While in Louisiana, I was in charge of my grandmother’s personal needs, keeping her comfortable, taking her to chemotherapy, and ensuring she was getting her physical therapy. I witnessed the effects of her chemotherapy: fatigue and not having the capacity
